In addition to Geoffrey Chaucer and William Langland, the floweringof Middle English literature is evident in the works of which of the following writers?
Geoffrey of Monmouth
the Gawain poet
the Beowulf poet
Chr�tien de Troyes
Correct Answer :
B. the Gawain poet
Related Questions
William Shakespeare born in:
26 April 1567
26 April 1566
26 April 1565
26 April 1564
Why did the rebels of 1381 target the church, beheading the archbishop of Canterbury?
Their leaders were Lollards, advocating radical religious reform.
The common people were still essentially pagan.
They believed that writing, a skill largely confined to the clergy, was a form of black magic.
The church was among the greatest of oppressive landowners.
Shakespeare is buried inside the:
Westminster Abbey
Trinity Church
Protestant Cemetery
None of above
Which powerful figure does Faustus ridicule with his new-found powers?
The Pope
The Holy Roman Emperor
The King of England
The King of France
Only a small proportion of medieval books survive, large numbers having been destroyed in:
the Anglo-Saxon Conquest beginning in the 1450s.
the Norman Conquest of 1066.
the Peasant Uprising of 1381.
the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the 1530s.
Ann Hathaway was _________ years older than Shakespeare:
7
8
9
10
which of these kings was not served by Chaucer?
Edward III
Henry II
Richard II
None of the above
Toward the close of which century did English replace French as the language of conducting business in Parliament and in court of law?
tenth
eleventh
twelfth
fourteenth
Who took Degree at fifteen from Cambridge in 1518?
Thomas Nash
Thomas More
Thomas lodge
Thomas Wyatt
Who of the following is known as Child Of Renaissance?
Marlowe
Milton
Spencer
Johnson
In whose reign Morality plays began?
Henry five
Elizabeth one
Henry six
Henry eight
Which of the Marlowes plays were written in collaboration with Thomas Nash?
Queen of Carthage and The passionate Shepherd.
The tragedy of Dido and Queen of Carthage.
The passionate Shepherd and The tragedy of Dido.
Queen of Carthage and The Massacre of Paris.
Who was the son of a rich London merchant and born in 1557?
Thomas Nah
Thomas lodge
Thomas Kyd
Thomas Hardy
Greville was biographer of:
Edmund Spencer
John Donne
Sir Philip Sidney
John Milton
Marlowes poem The Passionate Shepherd to His Love begins with the line Come live with me and be my love; which other English author wrote a famous poem beginning with this line?
William Shakespeare
Thomas Kyd
John Dryden
John Donne
Which of the following qualities would most accurately describe Faustus character at the beginning of the play?
kind
stupid
sensitive
arrogant
What was vellum?
parchment made of animal skin
the service owed to a lord by his peasants (villeins)
unrhymed iambic pentameter
an unbreakable oath of fealty
Who succeeded Lyly?
Robert Greene
John Milton
Philip Sidney
Christopher Marlowe
in which year chaucer was imprisoned by the French?
1360
1357
1378
1358
one of Chaucers daughter was…………?
a musician
an astronomer
a nun
None of the above
Shakespeare made Stratford his regular home in:
About 1611
About 1610
About 1609
About 1608
Which was Marlowes first play?
Dr.Faustus
Tamburlaine
The Tragedy of Dido
The Jew of Malta
Renaissance is a:
French word
Italian word
Greek word
Spanish word
Chaucer acted as a controller of custom during………….?
1374 to 1385
1350 to 1360
1360 to 1400
1365 to 1500
Which of the following authors is considered a devotee to chivalry, as it is personified in Sir Lancelot?
Julian of Norwich
Margery Kempe
William Langland
Sir Thomas Malory
What is the first extended written specimen of Old English?
Boethiuss Consolidation of Philosophy
Saint Jeromes translation of the Bible
Malorys Morte Darthur
a code of laws promulgated by King Ethelbert
Chaucer was made in-charge of many palaces,which of these was not in his charge?
Westminster Palace
Tower of London
St. Georges chapel at Windsor
Buckingham Palace
Which hero made his earliest appearance in Celtic literature before becoming a staple subject in French, English, and German literatures?
Beowulf
Arthur
Caedmon
Augustine of Canterbury
The styles of The Owl and the Nightingale and Ancrene Riwle show what about the poetry and prose written around the year 1200?
They were written for sophisticated and well-educated readers.
Writing continued to benefit only readers fluent in Latin and French.
Their readers primary language was English.
a and c only
Astrophel and Stella is a:
Allegory
Epic
Sonnet
Ballad